Molecular identification of the wheat male fertility gene Ms1 and its prospects for hybrid breeding
oleh: Elise J. Tucker, Ute Baumann, Allan Kouidri, Radoslaw Suchecki, Mathieu Baes, Melissa Garcia, Takashi Okada, Chongmei Dong, Yongzhong Wu, Ajay Sandhu, Manjit Singh, Peter Langridge, Petra Wolters, Marc C. Albertsen, A. Mark Cigan, Ryan Whitford
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| Diterbitkan: | Nature Portfolio 2017-10-01 |
Deskripsi
Heterosis can rapidly boost yield in crop species but development of hybrid-breeding systems for bread wheat remains a challenge. Here, Tucker et al. describe the molecular identification of the wheat Ms1 gene and discuss its potential for large-scale hybrid seed production in wheat.